part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION"
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Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

The Royal Air Force against the Army in a football match at the St Eugene Sports Stadium in Algiers on Boxing Day 1943: Aircraftman McGuiggan of the RAF league, who played centre forward, pushes the ball past the Army league goalkeeper to score the RAF's...

part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION"
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Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: The Allies possessed almost complete air superiority during the campaign, enabling them to disrupt Axis communications and troop movements. One of the reasons was the capture and use of local airfields...

part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION"
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Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

An abandoned Henschel Hs 126B reconnaissance aircraft on an Austrian airfield in June 1945. The Hs was commonly used as an artillery observation aircraft early on in the war but by 1942 had been relegated to training and glider towing duties. In the...

part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION"
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Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

Air Vice Marshal J M Robb, erstwhile Deputy Air Commander, North West African Air Forces, and Air Officer Commanding RAF North West Africa, sitting at his desk at La Marsa, Tunisia, after the absorption of his command by Headquarters Mediterranean Allied...